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Superregnum : Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Stevardiinae
Genus: Knodus
Species:

K. angustus – K. borki – K. breviceps – K. caquetae – K. chapadae – K. cupariensis – K. delta – K. dorsomaculatus – K. figueiredoi – K. gamma – K. geryi – K. heteresthes – K. hypopterus – K. longus – K. megalops – K. meridae – K. mizquae – K. moenkhausii – K. nuptialis – K. orteguasae – K. pasco – K. savannensis – K. shinahota – K. smithi – K. tiquiensis

Name
Knodus Eigenmann, 1911

Knodus is a genus of characins, small freshwater fish from South America.[1][2]
Species

There are currently 30 recognized species of this genus:[1][3]

Knodus alpha (C. H. Eigenmann, 1914)[2]
Knodus borki Zarske, 2008
Knodus breviceps (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
Knodus caquetae Fowler, 1945
Knodus chapadae (Fowler, 1906)
Knodus cinarucoense (Román-Valencia, Taphorn & Ruiz-C., 2008)[2]
Knodus delta Géry, 1972
Knodus deuterodonoides (C. H. Eigenmann, 1914)[2]
Knodus dorsomaculatus K. M. Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira, 2010
Knodus figueiredoi Esguícero & R. M. C. Castro, 2014[4]
Knodus gamma Géry, 1972
Knodus geryi F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado, 2004
Knodus heteresthes (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
Knodus jacunda (Fowler, 1913)[2]
Knodus longus Zarske & Géry, 2006
Knodus megalops G. S. Myers, 1929
Knodus meridae C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
Knodus mizquae (Fowler, 1943)
Knodus moenkhausii (C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903)
Knodus nuptialis Menezes & Marinho, 2019[5]
Knodus orteguasae (Fowler, 1943)
Knodus pasco Zarske, 2007
Knodus savannensis Géry, 1961
Knodus septentrionalis Géry, 1972
Knodus shinahota K. M. Ferreira & Carvajal-Vallejos, 2007
Knodus smithi (Fowler, 1913)
Knodus tanaothoros (S. H. Weitzman, Menezes, Evers & J. R. Burns, 2005)[2]
Knodus tiquiensis K. M. Ferreira & F. C. T. Lima, 2006
Knodus victoriae (Steindachner, 1907)
Knodus weitzmani (Menezes, Netto-Ferreira & K. M. Ferreira, 2009)[2]

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Knodus in FishBase. August 2019 version.
Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Knodus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
Esguícero, A.L.H. & Castro, R.M.C. (2014): Knodus figueiredoi, a new characid from the Rio das Garças, upper Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil, with comments on the taxonomic limits of the genera Knodus and Bryconamericus (Teleostei: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1): 39-48.
Menezes, N.A., and M.M.F. Marinho (2019). A New Species of Knodus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) with Comments on Nuptial Tubercles and Gill Gland in Characiform Fishes. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0217915. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217915

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